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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Chepen in Peru


Earthquake location -7.1368S, -79.278WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chepen in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 12:53:53 / June 14, 2016 @ 12:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.49 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:53:53 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -79.278° West, latitude -7.1368° South, depth = 64.49 km. Id of earthquake: us200064ec. Event ids that are associated: us200064ec.

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cajamarca (c. 135 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Chepén (c. 42 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Zaña (c. 39 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Túcume, Mochumí, Santiago de Cao (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km ENE of Chepen, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.278° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.1368° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km ENE of Chepen, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-14 12:53:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-14 21:02:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 299 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.65 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200064ec Id of event.
Event Code 200064ec An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200064ec, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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